February 9, 1895 –
William G. Morgan met James Naismith, inventor of Peachball, while Morgan was studying at Springfield College in 1892. Like Naismith, Morgan pursued a career in Physical Education at the YMCA. Morgan was greatly influenced by Naismith and his new game, basketball. On this date, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Morgan invented a less vigorous team sport more suitable for older members of the YMCA but one that still required athletic skill called Mintonette.
Later Professor Alfred S. Halstead watched it being played and renamed it “Volleyball“, because the point of the game is to volley the ball back and forth over the net.
The Haus of Dcaligari 